An Uncommon Drifter in the Denmark Strait
Greenland’s jagged coastline is lined with fjords, many of them cradling marine-terminating glaciers that routinely calve icebergs into…
Watch Rocket Lab launch a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit today
Rocket Lab will launch a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit this morning (Aug. 20), and you can…
NASA photos reveal moon crater after SpaceX rocket crash – YouTube
NASA photos reveal moon crater after SpaceX rocket crash YouTubeNew images reveal what happened when a SpaceX rocket slammed…
NASA mission to save its sinking space telescope fails
A mission to prevent a NASA space telescope from coming to a fiery demise in Earth’s atmosphere has…
Nuclear-powered heater keeps spacecraft alive through lunar night
Firefly Aerospace will send a nuclear-powered heating technology to the Moon in 2028, testing whether spacecraft can survive…
Scientists just found the fastest known star in the Milky Way. It zooms around our black hole at 15,500 miles per second
Astronomers have found the fastest known star in the Milky Way, a faint object racing around Sagittarius A*,…
Webb Captures the Treasure Chest at the Heart of the Carina Nebula
The Carina Nebula (NGC 3324), located about 7,500 light-years away in the constellation Carina (the Keel), is one…
Pluto Planetary Science is the Gift that Keeps on Giving
Something’s wetting the surface of dwarf planet Pluto along the northern edge of Sputnik Planitia, and planetary scientists…
Astronomers detect fastest known star in Milky Way | Astronomy
Astronomers have detected the fastest known star in the Milky Way, hurtling around the supermassive black hole at…
This high-speed star is whipping around the black hole in the middle of our galaxy : NPR
This image traces the orbital paths of all known stars orbiting the massive black hole at the center…
NASA Establishes State Hubs to Grow Technical Aerospace Workforce
NASA has awarded approximately $10.5 million to seven institutions to help strengthen and streamline state-based pathways for students…
Sophie Adenot became the first French woman to spacewalk on 18 August 2026, but the job she went outside to finish remains unfinished — stubborn electrical cables ate the time she needed to install a new antenna
The suits switched to battery power at 8:29 a.m. EDT on 18 August 2026, and the clock that…